{"product_id":"jimmy-kellys-nightclub-new-york-1951","title":"Jimmy Kelly's Nightclub, New York 1951","description":"\u003cp\u003eGiovannni Di Salvio was born in a tenement on New York’s Lower East side to a poverty-stricken Italian immigrant family. He sold newspapers on the street as a child and at 14, he turned to professional fighting, changing his name to Jimmy Kelly to fit in with the Irish-controlled boxing world of turn-of-the-century New York. When that career failed, he got a job at the Pelham Café in Chinatown in 1906 alongside the club’s singing waiter Irving Berlin. Kelly’s job was to control the crowds and pitch pennies at the man who would eventually become one of the greatest songwriters in American history in the hope that customers would follow suit. Kelly turned to politics and became a political organizer for Tammany Hall, a Democratic party-political machine known for helping the poor but also for corruption.\u003cbr\u003eHe opened Jimmy Kelly’s the so-called 'Montmartre of New York' in 1921, and it was patronized by both gangsters and respectable society figures and was famous for its lively nightlife.\u003cbr\u003eKelly’s wide circle of friends included Joe di Maggio, Walter Winchell and some of Al Capone’s henchmen. A noted bon viveur, he played host at the restaurant to Britain’s Duke of Windsor (then Prince of Wales) and the Astors and Vanderbilts.\u003cbr\u003eThis 1951 menu image presents the Montmartre Revue and, judging by the lavish and Bridgerton-like costumed lady featured on the cover, its theme was historical and set in the 1800s. It featured a ‘bevy of entertainers.’\u003cbr\u003eA gambler, Kelly bet on horses, fights, craps, hockey games and baseball but remained a wealthy man. He never forgot his humble roots and paid the rents of many families in Greenwich Village and distributed food baskets at Christmas. For these charitable efforts, he was unofficially called The Mayor of Greenwich Village. He died in the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491940311206,"sku":"byl1790052831312","price":18.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491940343974,"sku":"lwo1790052831313","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491940376742,"sku":"vxy1790052831314","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491940409510,"sku":"lce1790052831315","price":34.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491940442278,"sku":"zjf1790052831316","price":55.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491940475046,"sku":"apw1790052831317","price":82.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/jimmy-kellys-nightclub-new-york-1951_1.jpg?v=1790052835","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/jimmy-kellys-nightclub-new-york-1951","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}